Head of Operations
5 days remaining to apply
Start date details
From September 2024
Closing date
5 July 2024 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
17 June 2024
Job details
Job role
- Administration, HR, data and finance
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Full time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £68,000 to £71,500
What skills and experience we're looking for
As part of the strategic leadership team you will be responsible for the successful delivery of all business and administrative activities supporting the Little Wandle operations, including financial, HR, sales and customer support functions. You will also support the Trust’s Co-CEOs, Director and Trustees with monitoring and providing reports and management information as required, ensuring key stakeholders are kept fully appraised of growth, success and financial viability.
You will bring to the role significant operations management and strategic leadership experience at a senior level, including effective financial management. You will also have experience of building effective partnerships and relationships with a wide variety of stakeholders, alongside the people management skills to lead and develop others.
What the school offers its staff
Little Wandle is the fastest-growing Systematic Synthetic Phonics (SSP) programme in England with over 5,000 member schools. We draw on the latest research into how children learn best; how to ensure learning stays in children’s long-term memory and how best to enable children to apply their learning to become highly competent readers. We are committed to ensuring every child has the opportunity to develop strong reading skills and achieve.
Little Wandle Letters and Sounds is part of the Wandle Learning Trust, a Multi Academy Trust based in South London, comprising of one secondary school and four primary schools. The Trust also runs the Wandle Learning Partnership, which oversees our English, Maths and Teaching School Hubs.
Further details about the role
This role is based at the Little Wandle Office at Sacred Heart RC school, Battersea, and is a short walk from Clapham Junction station.
For further information on working for Wandle Learning Trust please visit our website http://wandlelearningtrust.org.uk/work-with-us.
The Wandle Learning Trust values
the diversity of our students and is proud to inspire them through
representative teaching and support staff.
We aim to select all staff on merit, irrespective of race, sex,
disability, age, gender reassignment, sexuality or other protected characteristics
under the Equality Act 2010.
The Academy welcomes applications from disabled candidates. If you have a disability, please indicate any adjustments we might make when applying in order to ensure that the shortlisting process is fair and meets your needs.
CVs are not accepted.
Commitment to safeguarding
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check.
Applying for the job
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About Wandle Learning Trust
- Type
- Multi-academy trust
- Email address
- recruitment@wandlelearningtrust.org.uk
We are a Multi Academy Trust based in South London. The Trust also runs the Wandle Learning Partnership which is the Trust’s teacher and curriculum development arm. We provide strategic and operational support to our English, Maths and Teaching School Hub, as well as to our not-for-profit phonics programme, Little Wandle Letters and Sounds Revised. We also offer school-to-school support and have our own menu of CPD, and events linked to local needs.
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